Secondary-battery plate.



G. BUSCH. SECONDARY BATTERY PLATE. APPLIOATION FILED 002B. 27, 1909.

Patented Aug.23, 1910.

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Fig-1 BY ATTORNEY CHARLES BUSCH, or New YORK, N. Y.

SECONDARY-BATTERY PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed October 27, 1909. Serial No. 524,861.

It relates particularly to the type of ac-.

cumulators in which the active material is prevented by an envelop, preferably of nonconducting material, from droppin out of I the grid and short-circuiting the p ates.

, lhe invention constitutes an improvement.

on my United States Patent No. 901,322, dated October 20, 1908, but from which it differs in several important respects which are to be hereinafter set forth.

The object of my invention is to provide. a plate, which, while economically constructed,

shall present a large surface of active material to the exciting fluid, shall securel lock the active material to the plate, shal Plct'tllt short-circuiting, and wh1le presenting the minimum amount of wei ht, shall possess a maximum of strength and rigidity.

To carry out my invention, I provide a plate having a body portion extensively perforated, the perforations extending beyond the, general surface of the plate on both sides in the shape of bosses, the walls of which are thin, in order to utilize to the utmost extent the inner surface of the hollow bosses. I make these hollow bosses with slightly outwardly turned circular rims, in order that, when bent inwardly they may hold the active material linin the inner walls of the perforation, and feaving a passage for free excess of the exciting fluid. For the purpose of connectin the plate with the electric circuit, I provide it with a lug, preferably cast, integral therewith, and forstrength and rigidity I form it at the edges with a reinforcing frame provided with a groove running entirely around it on both sides, and adapted-to receive flush with itself an envelop, preferably non-conducting. perforated so that its perforations coincide and form one channel with those of the bosses.

ln the drawings acrompanyingthis applicalion. and forming a part thereof, l igure l is an elevation of the complete plate, partly in section; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section on the line .1:-a;, of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarge-d detail section on line y-y, of Fig.

2, showing particularly the shape of the frame and the bosses.

Referring to the drawing; 1 is the conducting lug, preferably integral with the frame and with the grid proper. In the grid 3 there are fashioned perforations 4:, arranged as closely together as is consistent with strength and rigidity. These perforations are made in bosses 5 extendln outwardly on both sides of the grid 3, an have expanding rims 6, which serve to lock securely the active material 8, within the spaces 7 between the adjacent bosses. These bosses may be cast hollow at the time of casting the grid, or they may be cast solid and then perforated. As will be hereinafter explained, the perforations greatly extend the surface of the active material 8. Adapted to fit within the groove 9 of -the frame 2 is a sheet of material 10 preferably insulating, of a thickness practically equal to that of the recess 9 of the frame 2. This enveloping plate 10 is provided with perforations l1 exactly registering with the grid perforations 4, and of a diameter slightly less than that of the perforations as cast.

This envelop, as in my Unit-ed States'Patent No. 90l322, is held in close and binding contact with the plate by a cord 13, passing through the-perforations of both the plate and the. envelop.

To form my plate, I take the grid cast with its perforated bosses, and cover the grid and fill the perforations of the bosses with active material. I then, as one manner of working, apply the perforated sheet 10 to the frame .2, its edges rcsting'within the groove 9 entirely around the frame, and with a proper punch, of practically the same diameter as that of the sheet perforations, I remove most oftho active material held within the bosses 5. -'l"his results in leaving the innerwalls of the boss perforations coated with a thin and closely adhering la yer of active material, as indicated by the dotted lines 12. of Fig. 1. The result of this operation is to add to the already greatly extended surface of active material on the grid proper, the enormous surface presented by the inner surfaces of the perforations as a whole.

'lo con'lplcte the plate ready for receiving the charge. it. is only necessary to bind the envelop to the grid, and this is done as mentioned above, by the cord, 13,. preferably eee,11e

of elastic material, extending from side to side through the perforations of the grid and enveieia.

T 1 g thus fully described anci ilhisinvention, that I claim is:

in a secondary battery plate, a gTid p170- v'deci with perforated bosses extendin latersiiy on ooh sides thereof, a heavy frame intcgrai with the grid and provided with an encircling groove, active material covering the grid and lining the inner surface of the bosses covering the ends thereof, in combination with a thin sheet fitting with i edges into the frame greeve, and having perforatiens registering With those of the bosses, the bosses only extending part of the distance bet veen the thin sheets, and having active material between the ends of the bosses and the thin sheets, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my. name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 14th da'yof October 1909.

CHARLES BUSCH. Witnesses A. STBTSGII, F. H. LeeAN. 

